Aerial toy.



F. A. TERRY.

AERIAL TOY.

12111101111011 111.1111 nus, 1910.

' 985,301. Patented Febj28, 1911.

W By

H nrramsrs FRANKLIN ADELBEBT 'rnnnr, or can rmincrsco, CALIFORNIA.

. UNITED srnrns gsfrnnr OFFICE.

.aEnIAI; roan I j I Specification of Iiettcrs Iatcnt. l i tentutl FQl).28, 1911. Application and m a, 1910. Serial notasasez.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN-1A. TERRY, a citizen of the United States,anda resident of San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and Stateof California, have invented certain Improvements in Aerial Toys,

' of which the following is a specification.

, near the kite. A parachute or other object My invention includes meansfor suspendlng a para chute or other ob ect from a string orwu'e thatmay be connected with a klte,

andfor automatically releasing such para-.

chute or other objcct upon reaching the proximity of the kite.

The details of construction are as hereinafter set forth, andillustrated in'thc accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is aperspective viewfillustrat ing my invention as it appears.. in actual;

Fig. 2 1s a perspective, view of thesuspendin and releasing use.parachute, or toy, device. Fig. 3 is a sectiona view of said device,together with the wind-boardforming an attachment therefor.

1 indicates a string or wire connected. with a kite 2 and provided witha stop 3 located 4 is suspended from a device that is adapted to travelon the wire.-' The said device con-' sists of a block 5 rovided withhooks or screwryes 6 throng which the kite-string passes, and with anautomatic suspending and releasing device 7,, constructed as follows.The same is formed ofa wire bent atone end to form a loop '8 throughwhich the kite string 1 passes, its other end being bent. ,tWlCG at arlght angle and the body of the wire passing through a longitudinal holein the block-5 while its ektremity enters another hole 9 and crosses anopen slot' 10 Thus,

the block may formed in the lower side of the block. Tlie bent end 9 ofthe wire 7 as shown in Figs. 1 andr3', whereby parachute 4 is providedwith a ring through which the passes, the parachute is suspended. Forholding the wire catch normally engaged with the mrachutering 4, Iemploy a rubber spring 11, which passes around the block lengthwise.

and is held in a-groove or slot 5! as shown. atone end the endlessspring band 11' presses against the bent rear end of the catch 7 andholds it against the adjacent end portion of the blockfi. Such end of bealso slotted vertically, (as

.hown at 12, in order .to furnish aguide for the bentrear end ofthe'wire catch in the course attached attachment, and surrounding theblock and held in contact withthe catch, substantially as described.

sliding movement required for releasing the parachute.

It will now be apparent. that, if the suspending device he slid on thestring toward thekite until the loop 8 of the wlre catch comes incontact with the stop 3, the said end 9 of the catch from theparachntering and thereby automatically releasing the parachute andallowing it to fall, whereupon it-will spread out in the well-known wayand descend more-orless-slowly to the'earth.

For the purpose of propelling the suspending device upward onthekite-string, I employ a device in the nature of a sail,

the same being preferably constructed of cardboard or' thin woodenboard, 13, and

having an open slot 14 into which one. end of the block 5',is pressed,the sides of the block being provided with transverse grooveslfi toreceive the edges of the board which border its slot 14:. The board 13is thus made easily detachable, but is held in place by friction whenrequired for use.

My invention thus constitutes a simple, inexpensive, but. efficientmeans for suspending and automatically releasing a parachute or(other-small object, and thus forms a highly amusing toy.

I desire 1t to be understood that'my invention is not restricted to theparticular form of string nor the particular construction andarrangement of the catch, nor the articular construction of thewind-board, it being intendedto employ any suitable means for holdingand automatically releascatch will be forced backward against thetension of the spring. 11, thus releasing the that IS slidable in theblock an having one ara chute cnd bent for engagement with the 1' bandan endless rub Q I 986,301 J I; bordering the slot, whereby the bpard 1sheld detachably by friction, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus of the class indicated, the combination with a blockadapted to travel on' a kite-string 'and an automatic dev v vice' forsusp'endin and releasin a. para- FRANKLIN ADELBERT TERRY.

5 chute, of a detachi e wind-board. aving' an htnusscs;

open slot, the "B1901: having 0p osite side Cmmms A. CLARK; grooves forrecgiwmg the edges 0 the board Ronmuc W. CLARK.

